Comments on: The One-Man Telephone System http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Patrick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1049042 Patrick Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:47:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1049042 $1.50/month * 370 customers * 12 months = $6,660 Adjusted for inflation to 2008 dollars = $51,200 $1.50/month * 370 customers * 12 months = $6,660

Adjusted for inflation to 2008 dollars = $51,200

]]> By: Dennis http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048861 Dennis Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:34:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048861 Do the math. What was Wilcox income for the year? Must of been some other charges to pay for all that equipment. Do the math. What was Wilcox income for the year? Must of been some other charges to pay for all that equipment.

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048822 Casandro Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:22:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048822 Hmm, recently I have seen a TV documentary about a single person TV-station. It's the south-most FCC licensed station. Hmm, recently I have seen a TV documentary about a single person TV-station. It’s the south-most FCC licensed station.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048756 jayessell Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:06:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048756 Charlie, do the Flying Saucer from the cover! I think the jet engine compressor and turbine is nearly the diameter of the saucer but really thin! (PS:Never flew.) Charlie, do the Flying Saucer from the cover!
I think the jet engine compressor and turbine is nearly the diameter of the saucer
but really thin!
(PS:Never flew.)

]]> By: Orv http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048742 Orv Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:04:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048742 There was a time when, if you lived in a rural area, the only realistic option for getting phone service was for a group of farmers to get together and form their own telephone company. There was a time when, if you lived in a rural area, the only realistic option for getting phone service was for a group of farmers to get together and form their own telephone company.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048640 Tim Giachetti Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:53:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/the-one-man-telephone-system/#comment-1048640 Mom was an operator for the military Autovon systems. Basically a switch board on the 500% scale of the one in the pics. It took calls from over seas from military men to the bases at home as well as calls to home. My Dad met Mom by calling from Okinawa Japan and she would patch him through to northern Maine to talk to home. He married her upon coming back to the states about, I understand, a year later. I saw pictures of her sitting among this mess of wires and to this day can't conceive how she\they were able to memorize which jack hole belonged to which peg on a wire. Mom was an operator for the military Autovon systems. Basically a switch board on the 500% scale of the one in the pics. It took calls from over seas from military men to the bases at home as well as calls to home.
My Dad met Mom by calling from Okinawa Japan and she would patch him through to northern Maine to talk to home. He married her upon coming back to the states about, I understand, a year later.

I saw pictures of her sitting among this mess of wires and to this day can’t conceive how she\they were able to memorize which jack hole belonged to which peg on a wire.

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